Wild Peaks

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'Funny, fair and honest, and effortlessly readable. This is not a travel guide, it’s one man’s encounter with a place and its inhabitants. I live there, and I loved it.' 'Tom Chesshyre does the Peak District proud – not just its history and rugged beauty, but the fascinating cast of characters he meets on his epic walk.' 'Tom Chesshyre evokes the landscape of the Peak District vividly but without grandiosity; he also brings a wonderful ear for dialogue to his encounters with its people.' 'Ever amusing … Mr Chesshyre is good at combining the famed beauties of such an area with local reality.' 'A fascinating stroll through England’s first national park.' Praise for the work of Tom Chesshyre… ‘In his amiable and relaxed company we climb the fells and skirt the lakes; just as engagingly, we meet a carnival of characters whose personalities and opinions are the real focus of Chesshyre’s tale.’ ‘He has a journalist’s ability to intersperse descriptions of dazzling scenery with brisk historical facts… this book makes you yearn to go there.’ 'Easy-going, discursive and digressive.' ‘A lovely book.’ ‘There is something nostalgic about the clatter of wheels and sleeper trains … by the end, the reader will struggle to resist the urge to follow his lead.’ ‘Tom Chesshyre celebrates the UK… discovering pleasure in the unregarded wonders of the ‘unfashionable underbelly’ of Britain. The moral, of course, is that heaven is where you find it.’ ‘You warm to Chesshyre, whose cultural references intelligently inform his postcards from locations less travelled.’ ‘Highly readable Bill Bryson-esque travel writing.’ ‘A charming travel companion, entertaining and engaging.’ 'A fresh perspective to every new discovery.'